Project Director / Senior Project Director — Delhi

Division/department: Consumer Research - Quantitative Research

Job description

• Responsible for staff management, marketing activities and technical skills
• Manage a research team (induction, motivation, training and performance review) to ensure all respective activities are carried out timely and effectively
• Preparation, finalization of proposals, reports
• Motivate and develop team members to generate maximum outputs and job satisfaction
• Achievement of sales targets
• To identify and generate business from new clients
• Handle clients independently
• Control the OPEs Preparation, finalization of proposals, reports
• Ensure timely collection of outstandings

Requirements

• 5 - 9 years of relevant industry experience
• Degree in business related field
• Strong innovative research and analytic skills

Contact(s) for this vacancy

Eesha Pruthi
eesha.pruthi@synovate.com

Last day of publishing is Friday, 31 December 2010

Research Director — Mumbai

Division/department: Consumer Research - Quantitative Research

Job description

• Assist MD / ED / D to run / manage research teams and resolve staff problems to ensure smooth operation of the team
• Assist in business development planning and execution
• Oversee and manage client projects to ensure the projects are done to the satisfaction of clients
• Improve & direct all procedures in the Research department to ensure consistent, accurate and efficient applications
• Review project design and give professional advice to clients to ensure the most cost effective and appropriate methodology and techniques are used
• Prepare winning proposals and review & negotiate costing to ensure competitiveness
• On the project client servicing
• Design report and write conclusions with strategic and actionable recommendations
• Act as consultant to ensure the strategic impact of the recommended actions are highlighted to clients
• Design and deliver client presentations in a highly confident and professional manner
• Overall client relationship
• Responsible for client satisfaction
• Manage and service "key clients", ensuring repeat business / increased volumes of business
• To identify and generate business from new clients
• Actively design, recommend and conduct local training programs to ensure the research employees are equipped for future challenges
• Assist MD / ED / D to set and achieve stretched budgets for sales and revenue for Research department
• Responsible for Accounts receivable and achievement of agreed profitable revenue
• Monitor overheads with Research department to ensure proper control on expenses

Requirements

• 12 - 15 years of relevant industry experience
• Degree in business related field
• Proven business development and sales activity success
• Strong innovative research and analytic skills

Contact(s) for this vacancy

Eesha Pruthi
eesha.pruthi@synovate.com

Last day of publishing is Friday, 31 December 2010

Senior Project Director / Associate Director — Mumbai

Division/department: Consumer Research - Quantitative Research

Job description

• Responsible for staff management, marketing activities and technical skills
• Manage a research team (induction, motivation, training and performance review) to ensure all respective activities are carried out timely and effectively
• Guide and provide insights to ensure meaningful and value-added findings are generated from projects
• Direct all procedures in the department to ensure consistent, accurate and efficient applications across departments like field, DP, financial systems
• Collaborate with other departments such as field / DP to meet project requirements
• Prepare winning proposals and review & negotiate costing to ensure competitiveness
• On the project client servicing
        - Design report and write conclusions with strategic and actionable
          recommendations
        - Act as consultant to ensure the strategic impact of the recommended actions
          are highlighted to clients
        - Design and deliver client presentations in a highly confident and professional
          manner
• Overall client relationship
        - Responsible for client satisfaction
        - Manage and service "key clients", ensuring repeat business / increased
           volumes of business
        - To identify and generate business from new clients
• Achievement of sales targets
• Keep OPEs under control
• Accurate estimates and timely billing
• Collection of outstanding
• Assist senior members on ad hoc projects as assigned

Requirements

• 7 - 12 years of relevant industry experience
• Degree in business related field
• Proven business development and sales activity success
• Strong innovative research and analytic skills

Contact(s) for this vacancy

Eesha Pruthi
eesha.pruthi@synovate.com

Last day of publishing is Friday, 31 December 2010